We bring you the latest updates from Active History through a simple and fast subscription.
We can deliver your news in your inbox, on your phone or you can read them here on this website on your personal news page.
Unsubscribe at any time without hassle.
Active History's title: Error 404 (Not Found)!!1
Is this your feed? Claim it!
Chaa’winisaks and Pia Russell
Beach at P’kols/PKOLS. P. Russell, 2026.As the teaching of history in Canadian universities seeks to incorporate decolonization, anti-racism, and truth-telling, the work of how to realize these commitments in practice remains emergent. As a Nuu-chah-nulth and a White settler co-teaching team, we delivered a 12-week...
This post is an introduction to the series Tomorrow’s Historians: A Reflection on the Graduate Student Experience
By Katie Carson and Tiffany Chénier
In a persuasive climate of anti-intellectualism and cuts to humanities programs, the decision to pursue a degree in history is an existential one. It is not uncommon, however, for prospect...
By Sarah Kittilsen
As a tour guide, I answer a lot of questions. Some are related to the tour itself, but many are not. Guests ask about my life just as much as, if not more than, they ask about the history of Montreal. I wasn’t surprised, then, when a woman turned toward me one summer morning and asked,
“So, what do you study?”
I’d answ...
Shannon Stettner
Exterior of Woodside National Historic Site. Photograph by the author, December 2025.
Last December I visited Woodside National Historic Site, the boyhood home of Canada’s tenth Prime Minister, William Lyon Mackenzie ...
Sara Wilmshurst
Centre Block and Library of Parliament seen from Major’s Hill Park, Ottawa by Ymblanter. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International. " data-large-file="https://activehistory.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Ottawa_Centre_Block_and_Library_of_Parliament_seen_from_Majors_Hill_Park_1-1024x768.jpg" src="https://activehistory.ca/...